Vision Australia Collaboration

Padua’ eLearning and Innovation team is proud to announce that it will be working with Vision Australia on an exciting project where our students will record audiobooks to be used by primary school children whilst they learn how to read braille. Covered by both specific exclusions in the Australian Copyright Act and the international Marrakesh Visually Impaired Persons Treaty, Vision Australia will be requesting the College to create audiobooks for specific children’s books like ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘The Rainbow Fish’, and ‘Aaron Slater Illustrator’. This is currently a joint venture between Padua College’s eLearning and Innovation team, Padua Libraries and the College Learning Enhancement Department.

2023 School Photo Days

Please note that school photos will take place on the following dates in term one:

Tyabb Campus: Thursday 2 February 2023

Rosebud Campus: Friday 3 February 2023

Mornington Senior Campus (Red & Green Houses): Monday 6 February 2023

Mornington Senior Campus (Blue & Gold Houses): Tuesday 7 February 2023

Mornington Junior Campus: Wednesday 8 February 2023

Please ensure full summer uniforms (including blazers) are worn. No PE or shell jackets, please.

Code Red Day School Closures at Padua College

Edition 8 | Code Red Days - Padua

All schools, kindergartens and licensed child care centres that have been identified as being at high fire risk on the DET Vic or CEVN Bushfire At-Risk Register (BARR) must close on days declared Code Red – Catastrophic Fire Danger

Only Rosebud campus is on the BARR in 2022-23. However, in the event of a Code Red day all Padua Campuses will be closed and no College camps/excursions will proceed.

Where possible, three (3) days’ notice of planned closure will be provided by State Authorities. However, experience indicates that a Code Red fire danger rating day may be forecast at short notice. Parents and guardians should expect that in some instances less than three days’ notice may be provided. Students where possible, will be notified by staff. Parents will be notified via SMS and the Padua College Facebook page. Please ensure your contact details are up to date in your student’s Operoo profile.

Once the final decision to close is confirmed at 1pm the day prior, this decision will not change – regardless of any changes in the weather forecast. This will help limit confusion and help families plan for how their children will be cared for when their school is closed.

When a school is closed in response to bushfire risk, no one, including staff, contractors and other users, will be permitted on site.

Offsite activities may also be affected by bushfire risk. On days declared Code Red planned activities within specific CFA zones will not be initiated. Activities already in progress may be abandoned, postponed or cancelled to mitigate risk. Families of students affected will have changed plans communicated via SMS at the earliest opportunity.

Parents and guardians are also advised that in the case of a regular school bus route being under threat of fire, the Principal will not allow the bus to leave the College grounds. (Bus providers may also not allow buses to commence or continue routes). This may result in lengthy delays or instructions for parents and guardians to collect their students from the College. Again advice will be communicated via SMS at the earliest opportunity.

Padua encourages families within the college community to formulate their own Family Bushfire Survival Plan, including contingencies for Code Red Day Declarations. If your family decides to enact its Family Bushfire Survival Plan, the most appropriate place for your child may be with you and your family, and not at school. You must advise the College as soon as possible of your child’s absence.

To get warnings and find out what’s happening, listen to ABC local radio, call the Victorian Bushfire Information Line on 1800 226 226, go to CFA Fire ratings webpage https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/total-fire-bans-fire-danger-ratings/about-fire-danger-ratings and the Vic Emergency websites

https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/ or

https://emergency.vic.gov.au/prepare/#fire/preparing-for-fires

Further inquiries can be directed to the OHS Co-ordinator Matt Crosling - T: 5976 0100

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